RN

Responsibilities

• Make rounds twice daily to check all residents.
• Assess the overall status of the residents and document in the medical record, as indicated.
• Monitor the residents' activity and provide nursing care in accordance with physician orders, care plans, local, state and federal regulations, as well as established facility protocol.
• Coordinate, prepare for and assist with new admissions, transfers, and discharges.
• Communicate with residents, family members, other disciplines and health care professionals regarding the status of the resident.
• Lead and monitor licensed personnel and other professional and non-professional staff in the delivery of resident care.
• Schedule job assignments and duties.
• Supervise, evaluate and discipline the overall performance of the nursing staff.
• Assist with the presentation of in-service training programs for facility staff, as needed.
• Monitor the environment and care practices of personnel in order to ensure compliance with established fire, disaster, safety, Infection Control and Blood-borne Pathogen programs.
• Assist with developing and implementing written care plans for individual residents.
• Delegate duties to nursing staff.
• Evaluate or assist with the evaluations of the nursing staff.
• Report occupational exposure in accordance with established facility protocol.
• Make daily rounds in order to observe nursing staff as they perform assigned duties in accordance with established facility protocol.
• Be knowledgeable about and promote resident rights.
• Prevent abuse, neglect and exploitation in the elderly.
• Promote a safe, clean environment in which the residents may live.
• Check the Twenty Four Hour Report daily in order to be aware of changes in the residents' conditions and/or plan of treatment.
• Assist with M.D.S.+ and Total Care Plan meetings, as indicated.
• Lab work, as ordered.
• Lab tracking to follow up on lab results.
• Assist on the floor, as needed.
• Weekly Medicare progress notes.
• Attend and participate in appropriate committee meetings.
• Become a participating facility team member with the residents as first priority.
• Review and document on Weekly Weights.
• Any other duties and responsibilities, as requested by the Director of Nursing or Administrator.

Requirements

• Hold/handle Lift Carry Reach -- at and below shoulder height Push/pull Grasp and handle -- pens, paperwork and small equipment Sit, stand and walk Twist, bend, stoop, kneel and squat Fine hand motor coordination Ability to read and write legibly Ability to comprehend and follow instructions
• Talking: Communicating with residents, families, physicians, visitors and staff
• Hearing: Taking instructions from the Administrator, To respond to resident complaints and requests, To respond appropriately to disaster instructions and pages
• Sight: For performing job effectively and correctly
• Smell: For accurate detection and maintenance of facility odors
• Touch: n order to detect changes in temperature
• Must be a Registered Nurse (R.N.) currently licensed and in good standing with the Board of Nursing in the State in which the facility is located.
• Tasks and procedures performed by the employee involve risks classified by C.D.C. as Category I. (Direct contact with blood or other bodily fluids to which universal precautions apply.)
• Must be able to tolerate a high pace as typical for a nursing facility.
• Must be able to take and give instructions well and enjoy working with the elderly.
• Although employee is able to sit, he/she must also be able to tolerate prolonged standing and walking.